Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Quimcy Dsouza Misses Two Teqball Bronzes After Fierce Battles
Quimcy Dsouza played two teqball matches for India at the Asian Games.
First, she faced Japan's Yuina Sakamoto for the women's singles bronze medal.
Dsouza lost two very close sets, with both finishing 11-12.
She had chances to win and even saved a match point.
However, a foul ended the match in Sakamoto's favor.
Soon afterward, Dsouza played mixed doubles with Mohamed Anas Beg.
They lost to a Vietnamese pair, and Dsouza needed treatment for lower-back pain.
Teqball is a sport that mixes football and table tennis, using a curved table and allowing up to three touches per side.
India's Quimcy Dsouza lost the women's singles bronze-medal match 0-2 to Japan's Yuina Sakamoto.
Both singles sets ended 11-12 after Dsouza held set point and led 10-8 in the second.
Dsouza saved a match point but then committed a foul that handed Sakamoto the match.
Minutes later, Dsouza and Mohamed Anas Beg lost the mixed doubles bronze match 0-2 to Vietnam's Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh.
The reports say Dsouza required a medical timeout for lower-back pain during the mixed doubles match.
- Who
- Indian player Quimcy Dsouza, Japan's Yuina Sakamoto, and mixed-doubles partners Mohamed Anas Beg, Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen, and Gia Ngih Trinh.
- What
- Dsouza lost two teqball bronze-medal matches: the women's singles match 0-2 to Sakamoto and the mixed doubles match 0-2 with Beg.
- When
- The reports place the singles match on Saturday or Sunday and the mixed doubles match on Sunday.
- Where
- At the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The matches determined the bronze-medal winners in women's singles and mixed doubles teqball.
- Singles result
- Yuina Sakamoto defeated Quimcy Dsouza 2-0.
- Singles score
- Sakamoto won both sets 12-11.
- Mixed doubles result
- Vietnam defeated India 2-0, with set scores of 12-9 and 12-6.
- Singles turning points
- Dsouza held set point in the first set and led 10-8 in the second.
- Medical timeout
- Dsouza received treatment for lower-back pain during the mixed doubles match.
- Sakamoto's ranking
- Japan's Sakamoto was identified as the world No. 7.
- Teqball format
- Players use body parts other than their hands and arms, with up to three touches per side.
